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Cash fed cattle traded $4 to $7 lower in the South and $5 to $6 lower in the North in the week prior. Choice boxed beef rose $14.68 to an average of $388.36/cwt over the same week, driven by historically low slaughter and seasonal demand.
Lower cash trade reduces the price packers pay for live cattle, while higher boxed beef values improve packer margins. Packers can then raise slaughter, which may ease pressure on live cattle prices.
beefmagazine.comTrey FreemanJul 1, 2025Not enough comparable past events yet for a historical read.
Moves of each commodity's benchmark from the last close before the event. Historical reads pool past events of the same kind; they describe what happened, not what will. Not investment advice.
Cash fed cattle fell $4-7 the prior week, so futures converged lower toward weaker cash.
